Painted Over

Your painting looks good
too good
so colorful, proportionate
well-drawn, (nice frame too)
I wish I could learn to paint like that
Lets se here, some color here
color there. More lighting, or less?
There, that looks good.
Oh, no. They can still see it.
cover it up. Lay it on thick.
A couple more layers.
Make it thicker.

Wow, this painting is very nice.
The coating is so thick.
I wonder why?
Let’s take a closer look.
Oh no! I touched the paint.
What’s this?
There’s a painting underneath.
Oh! It’s awful!
Who could have done this!
Why did they have this here?
And put something beautiful on top of it?

Well, i don’t believe it.
all this time. It wasn’t even the real painting.
I don’t understand.
Why didn’t he just start a new one?

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